Horseshoe.



0. BELLMANN. I

HORSESHOE. APPLIOATION nun nn. s.19os.

Wbhmowo v THE NORRIS PETERS co.,'w4sm-oron D r:

PATENTED MAR. 5, 1907.

UNITED STATE PATENT FFICE.

CHARLES BELLMANN, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND ARNOLD GLAUS, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

HORSESHOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 5, 1907.

ing drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a longitudinal section through a shoe and hoof-pad in situ, and Fig. 2 is a bottom plan thereof.

In the drawings every reference character refers always to the same part.

The shoe B consists of a semicircular forward portion 9, a pair of inward extensions d, a pair of rearward extensions 6, and a bridge member f, joining the rear ends of said rearward extensions. The front or semicircular portion g has creases 9, wherein are set nails h, and it carries a front calki and a rear calk 7', both set transversely on the center line of the shoe. A toe-clip k is also provided, as in other shoes.

The shoe is shown in connection with a hoof-pad (designated A) and which consists of a sheet of cushioning or resilient material a, lying between the shoe and hoof and having on its upper surface a sheet of leather or like material 1 for ventilation. From the bottom of the pad project a pair of protuberances b, at or near the'rear corners thereof, fitting in the trapezoidal recess left by the extensions (1 and e of the shoe, and a central protuberance c, which sets between the extensions e of the shoe. The protuberances b are shown as carrying auxiliary calks Z. A recess m is formed in the rubber or other ma terial of the pad directly beneath the frog of the hoof, preventing any pressure from coming thereon.

scription in connection with the accompany- The shoe rests upon the calks 'i and j, while at the same time the pressure is transferred from the bridge f of the shoe to the sides of the semicircular portion g, because of the recess m, which prevents it from coming upon the frog. These calks act as the supportingcalks, while the calks Z of-the pad act as steadying-calks to keep the shoe level.

It is to be understood that the shoe herein described may be used likewise with other forms of pads or even without any pad at all and that the pad itself is not an essential part of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

1. A hoof-gear for horses comprising a front central calk, a rear central transverse calk underlying the frog, means for transmitting the pressure from the rear calk to the sides of the hoof, a pair of cushioned auxiliary side calks, and supporting means for all of said calks.

' 2. A hoof-gear for horses comprising, in combination, a front center calk, a rear center calk, a pair of cushioned side calks, means for supporting said calks in position, and means for transmitting the pressure from said rear center calk to the sides of the hoof.

3. A horseshoe comprising a continuous closed metallic ring, conforming approximately to the shape of the horses foot and adapted to support it at the edges thereof, said ring being adapted to be supported upon the ground only at points on and near the central axis, whereby it may have a side-to side balancing action in combination with a pad independent of said shoe and on which the latter is mounted, said-pad having independent side calks set therein.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 2d day of March, 1906.

/ A. GLAUS,

GEORGE WETMORE CoLLEs. 

